About

Geraldine Chin is the Head of Impact Networks at the Singapore International Foundation, where she oversees impact programmes covering social enterprise development to arts and cultural exchanges for positive social change. A former diplomat and civil servant, she quickly discovered her passion to serve humanitarian and social causes. She spent six years in Thailand working in project management, monitoring and evaluation for refugee aid programmes that deliver education and psychosocial support to camp-based and urban refugees. Geraldine was the recipient of the Singapore Government and Monbusho Scholarship and earned her bachelor's degree in civil engineering at the University of Tokyo in Japan.  She speaks English, Mandarin, Japanese, Spanish and Thai.